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N. J. GREENISON.

SHOE SHINING STAND.-

, APPLI CATION FILED MAY 21, 1919- 1,328,667.

Patented J an. 20, 1920 wfil e; I

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NELSON J. GREENI-SON, Uh NEW YORK, N. Y.

, SHOE-SI-IINING STAND.

Application filed May 21, 1919.

To all 'w/trmb it may concern:

lie it known that I, NnLsoN J. GREENISON, a chines of the United States, and a resident oi the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State or New rel-r, have invented a new and 1111- prov d ithoeShining Stand, of which the following: is a full, clear, and exact description.

lhe present invention relates to new and useful in'i n'overnents in shoe-shining stands, and pertains more particularly to a footrest f0: devices or this character.

The primary object of the invention isto provide a shoe-shining stand in which the toot-rest is adapted for folding within a suitable receptacle or box-like structure, and, at the same time, provide necessary space for the storing of shoe-shining articles, such as crushes, paste, polisl ing cloths, etc.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views. and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a shoeshininp; stand showing the lid in its open position;

2 line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. is a fragmentary view of a mo lified form of the invention.

Referring more specifically to the draw lugs, the reference character 5 designates a box-like structure or receptacle, which receptacle is provided at each corner thereof with a supporting leg 6. These supporting legs 6 may be of any desired height, and the receptacle may be provided with a suitable hinged cover 7 secured thereto in any desired manner. The reference character 8 designates a foot-rest and the same comprises the conventional shoe-shaped bodyportion, 'l'rom the opposite ends of which depend 9 by which the foot-rest is supported in its operative position.

Each of the legs 9 is provided near its lower end with a curved slot 10, which passes into said leg from one of the side edges thereof, and projecting longitudinally of each oi the legs from its bottom end, is a slot 11; The slots 10 and 11 are adapted to receive studs and 13, respectively, as shown in Fine. 2 and 3. The studs 13 form the pivot points of the legs 9, while the studs Specification of Letters Patent.

a vertical sectional view on the Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 288,599.

V hen it is desired to use the-foot-rest, the same is moved to the position shown in the drawings, in which position the curved slot 10 of each of the legs 9 engages its respective stud for preventing movement of the leg about their pivot points 13.

W hen it is desired to returmthe parts to the position occupied when the device is not in use,'the foot-rest 8 is grasped and moved vertically about the studs 13 until the curved slots 10 disengage the studs When the curved slots 10 have disengaged the studs 12, it will be seen that the stand is free to move about the studs 13, to permit of the toot-rest 8 folding downwardly into the vice r lr'itively of its pivot point, a cotter pin or similar device 18 is employed, and by re-i moving said cotter pin 18, the device is free to he moved to its folded position or re- .noved entirely.

While the present invention is shown as applied to shoe-lolacking stand, it will be obviou that the same principle of operation readily applicable to any type of hinged device wherein it is desired to swing the we about a common pivotal point, and then secure the same against movement about its pivotal point to retain it in its operative position, such, for example, as carriage and wagon steps or the like.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a neat appearing shoeshining stand in which the foot-rest may be moved to a position where it rests within the box-like receptacle of the stand, and by the construction shown the necessary height may be obtained to bring the foot-rest to the proper operating position without making the legs which support the box-lihe structure of too great a length.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a shoe-shining stand, a suitable receptacle, a pair of studs arranged in s aced relation to each other on each side 0 said receptacle, a foot-supporting stand, and depending legs formed integral with said footsupporting stand, each of said legs having a straight slot projecting inwardly of the body portion from the free end thereof and adapted to receive one of each pair of the aforementioned studs, means for closing the lower end of each of said slots, means extending transversely of each of said slots near its upper end and coacting with its respective stud to prevent vertical movement of said legs, and a curved slot projecting inwardly of the body portion from the side edge thereof and adapted to receive the other stud of each pair to prevent movement of the legs of the foot-supporting stand about the first-mentioned studs, substantially as described.

NELSON J. GREENISON. 

